Louvre Exhibits a New Vacheron Constantin Astronomical Clock

La Quête du Temps is only on loan to the Louvre and eventually will be added to the Vacheron Constantin archive, but the ...
The Gazette

Czech Village museum’s Clock Tower to add Prague-style astronomical clock features, figurines

Grant Smith, director of facilities for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, on Wednesday unlocks an opening in the Clock Tower in southwest Cedar Rapids. The tower will undergo rebuilding ...
DePauw

Observatory Instruments

McKim Observatory still houses many of its original instruments, including a 9.53 inch Clark Refractor telescope, a meridian transit telescope, and a gravity driven chronograph. Missing from the early ...
Washington Times

International Astronomical Union joins calls for a lunar clock to keep time on the moon

WASHINGTON — Time moves a tad faster on the moon. Now an international group of astronomers has joined calls to give the moon its own clock so that future space missions can keep track of minutes on ...